Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-05-05
RAILROAD MOVEMENTS.

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OF course the general public Of this
section OF country cannot expect to be
fore. warned and advised by the man.
agcr, Of railroad companies Of the details
Of their plans and purposes, which ulti-
mately will affect the settler, and
especially till they know themselves.
This they cannot themselves know till
they have examined quite fully the
country to determine where they can
best connect tho different parts of the
country with a system that vii! be con-
dusive to the extraction Of the products
Of the different sections and transporting
them to the great markets Of the world.
At great expense they have to make
trial tests Of routes with instrumental
surveys, many Of which surveys they
abandon because that other surveys have
proved other routes to be better. We
can't predict that because . survey is
being made over . certain route that said
route will be built, and oftentimes grad.
ing is made over certain routes, and even
the grades are made and tieing done and
rails are laid and engines and cars may
run for time over these routes, giving
prospect that the routes will be perman.
ent, which ultimately have to be aban
boned in favor Of others that are better.
And particularly do We find this to be
the case in sparsely populated dictricts
10 this western country, where railroad
building is but in it, infancy, and where
but comparatively few practical railroad
men have made the necessary exploration
and examination. Hence wo find numcr-
Gus commandments of railroad move.
ments that bid fair at FIRST to give guar.
anty that permanent railroad will be
built to accommodate the settlers, will
soon be abandoned. The history Of
railroads shows conclusively that the
managers do not intend, ii they can
avoid it, to build and run railroads
through any country merely for the &C.
commodatiou Of tho people At a loss to
the railroad companies, men ore not 90
constituted ~ to give away their sub.
stance willingly for the benefit Of others.
The capital Of large corporations is as
tenacious and jealous Of it's rights, as that
of individuals, and even more 50. That
capital i ottsn moro aggressive than is
the capital Of individuals. But one
thing We can b assured Of and that is
flour people - settlers Of new and
untested country occupy q country that
can and viii produce largely aud has
. surplus 4. help supply other sections,
that need il TO supply their population,
transportation companies will be sure to
End that fact out in time, and seek to
supply the needed means Of getting it
away At 4 fair rsmunerative price, re.
muncratiys to both the producer and the
carrier. It may not come in the I'm.
mediate time that our own greed might
ccvet, but it will come, if not to benefit
~ and our posterity, five have any, if
We do not have any, we will be just as
we'll of il the time never comes.
Why then should W be frctting our
gixsards. We had better 60 forward
doing what ever We can to help ourselves
70 the best advantages that surround US
and are within our reach, without great
sacrifice Of sleep and mental or physicist
distresa The railroad corporations will
do Is they have . mind to do with Their
own, and if they want anything that be.
longs to NJ, then will be the time to show
. rational Independence that properly be.
longs to ~ - settlers and pioneers 10 q
new country.